Leaves 2-8 cm. Ray corollas 2-3 mm. Disc corollas 1-3 mm. Cypselae (3-)5-10 mm; pappi 2-5 mm. 2n = 20.

Flowering Sep-Oct. Alkaline or gypseous soils; 900-1700 m; N.Mex, Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí).

Dicranocarpus parviflorus is a gypsophile that ranges throughout the Chihuahuan Desert.